Now that’s an email I didn’t see! Here's a transcript if you're curious! (Maybe they're coming in waves?) Oct 3 at 8:06 PM Dear Writers of the Future Contest Entrant, Writer Survey from Writers of the Future We are compiling a free on-line writing course and need your input. 1) What is the ideal &q...

Anyone care to speculate what place you'll receive? ...yes, I know some y'all will view this as sick or perhaps cruel.... But let's roll with it. In the past three months, I've gone from thinking "I'm sure to win"... To "I'll be lucky to get HM". Now, I'm thinking SF. Reason: my...

Potentially silly question here: does anyone know what number Joni calls finalists/winners on? The closer the end of the month gets the more paranoid I get that if (and that's a big, hopeful if) I get a call I'll miss it! why, are they going to cancel your entry if you fail to answer the call? wotf...

Potentially silly question here: does anyone know what number Joni calls finalists/winners on? The closer the end of the month gets the more paranoid I get that if (and that's a big, hopeful if) I get a call I'll miss it!

Hi guys, I'm new. My name's Will, and I'm excited to meet you all. I've been a wannabe writer since like 2011, but only in the past year have I really buckled down and gotten seriously (and only within the past year have I started seeing some success!) Continue to kick butt, Will. Welcome to the cl...

Well, it was Thursday....alas, for Dave! He went into the hospital on Thursday with sepsis, got put on antibiotics, and it looks like he's on the road to recovery. Good to hear...we could have lost our esteemed judge! wotf015 Oh no! I'm glad to hear he's okay. Here's hoping for a most speedy recove...

wotf006 At nearly the last moment, I've decided to write a story to enter this quarter. Haven't entered in a while. It's time. A friend that is still in the running for Q3 encouraged me to try again. That, wwo previous HMs, several no places, and not nearly enough Amazon sales was enough to get me ...

SCAFontaine wrote:Hello everyone. My pen name is S.C.A. Fontaine. I currently live in France and am going to try my hand at submitting a short story for 4th quarter. I am excited to get to know other budding writers.

I wonder how many waves of “those” emails will go out? Surely more than 1, given the # of entries... I suppose it'll depend on how much of the process Ms. English is doing. If she's just giving them a cursory glance than many more waves will go to Mr. Farland, but from what I've read both on here a...

Just got an email from Joni saying I made it through the "first pass" my story is still in the running for Q3 so it will now be reviewed by DF. Who else got an email? I got one as well! I turned in last quarter's entry pretty early though, so maybe that has something to do with it? Incide...

(From the Desk of Hey You) Thank you, Moon! I have to admit, I was a bit intimidated to start posting on here instead of just lurking, but everyone that's responded has been very friendly. It's fantastic. I'm glad to know about the judges not liking stuff that's too long. My current project is at ab...

Also, hello! My name is John. I've entered this twice now (HM in Q3 16, ? Q2 18) and I'm nervous as heck all about this latest one. : goes back to twiddling thumbs : Hello John, nice to meet you! It's natural to be nervous, but I bet your story is way better than you think. I haven't even submitted...

Hi everyone! My name is Dylan Cary, but feel free to call me "Hey you" or "Who?" I'll answer to both, I swear. wotf019 I'm fairly new to the trying-to-get-published business, and I'm hoping to have my first submission to WotF in Q3 of this year. I'm also waiting to hear back on a...